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This is what my SO and me have been doing for 8 ish years now and it's great. We call it "pocket money". I can't complain when she spends it all on shoes and ba
by skrebbel 7y ago
This is what my SO and me have been doing for 8 ish years now and it's great. We call it "pocket money". I can't complain when she spends it all on shoes and bags, she can't complain when I spend it all on beer and hamburgers.
When we were poor, we both only got a little pocket money each month. Now that we're richer, we both get more. I buy hotel breakfasts now sometimes (the buffet ones), on normal work days, in my home town. It's terribly decadent but hey, it's my money. Other people buy iPhones. I have nobody to answer to but me. It's lovely.
I warmly recommend pocket money.
- duxup 7y ago>I buy hotel breakfasts now sometimes (the buffet ones), on normal work days, in my home town. Where do you find the time to clean all your monocles?
- skrebbel 7y agoI usually ask the maid to do it.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoYou need to upgrade to a valet.
- lupire 7y agoWhat happens if you spend your pocket money on end-of-life care, and then your SO wants some too?
- loco5niner 7y agoEnd-of-life care has nothing to do with pocket money.
- blts 7y agoDoes it lead to overspending? Since you have your pocket money - then you need to spend it?
- Cerium 7y agoMy wife and I use the same system, and I would say no. We both tend to save ours and then spend more some months than others.
- shostack 7y agoIf budgeted for properly, this should in their reduce overspending because the amount you can freely spend is one you've previously accounted for as "an appropriate amount."
- skrebbel 7y agoI think I get too little of it for that :-)